Red Drum Making Workshop In-Person
$250.00
An In-person workshop with Nikiah Seeds and Lila Sofiyah
~ Aug 1st and 2nd 2025, on Salt Spring Island B.C ~
Create/birth your own Red drum in ceremony, using ancient ritual, music, and dance to wake it up and consecrate it as your own sacred tool.
In this in-person class, we will delve into the connection and history of women and the frame drum, learning some of the ancient uses of drumming from menstruation and childbirth to crop blessings, as well as the ancient tradition of dyeing them red to represent the divine feminine.
Prices are in USD.
Description
This in-person workshop is open to any and all women+ interested in making their own Sacred Red Drum.
The heartbeat of the drum is also the heartbeat of the Great Mother.
In this workshop/class, you will delve into the history of women and the frame drum, learning some of the ancient uses of drumming from menstruation and childbirth to crop blessings, as well as the ancient tradition of dyeing them red to represent the divine feminine.
You will also become Red Drum Carriers, joining other folks from around the world in the sacred aspect of carrying their own unique red moon wisdom and sending it out into the world through their red drums!
You will have the opportunity to dye your own Elk skin drum, learning about the spiritual aspects of the elk and its medicine gifts to us.
All elements from the dyeing and creation process of your drum, to making a beater/tom-tom for it, and ceremonially waking it up will be provided in this class.
